Steve Parish has admitted that a couple of potential transfer targets are "looking good".

The Crystal Palace chief all but admitted that the club are looking at a new striker, that's no surprise given that Christian Benteke is the only fit, recognised frontman on the books currently.

But getting deals over the line is not easy, particularly in this transfer window.

Parish, talking to the Five Year Plan podcast, said: "The striker thing is well documented, but the striker market is unbelievably difficult. Everybody is out there looking for one. It isn't the force of your will that gets these things done, and we have to bring the right characters as well.

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"It isn't as easy as me saying 'oh, I'll have him'."This manager we've got has got a very specific idea of what he wants, and so he should have. That gives us comfort.

"It's all good finding the players but you have what we call opportunities. There are players you have to get out of clubs who want to come.

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"We have got one or two situations at the moment which are looking good."

But Parish admitted that the club's upturn in form over recent weeks, which has seen them rise to 12th in the Premier League table, means they are not in as much of a rush to get things done as they might have been.

He added: "Because the manager has done such an outstanding job and the players, we have got a little bit of breathing space.